And now, on with the countdown...

Kung Fu Panda - Not a great movie. I mean, the CG animated family film is truly an overdrawn account at the Creativity Bank. The story was not really original and the jokes fell flat, even for me, and I laugh at everything. Plus the trailer spoiled the final fight and Angelina Jolie was in it. I fucking HATE Angelina Jolie.

Get Smart - It was...well, it was unfunny, I know that. I think it was a little disturbing, considering the lack of chemistry between Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, given the age difference between them. Plus Anne Hathaway is attractive and Steve Carell is not. Plus the Rock being revealed as an Agent of KAOS was very predictable.

WALL-E - An excellent movie. It was so good. The best romantic movie of the year, with strong performances from...I don't know, exactly. Some kind of computer software? Sigh, there's no real way to describe how awesome Wall-E is. Stop reading this shitty blog and go see it.

Pineapple Express - This one was really funny. I enjoyed it more than Superbad. Plus James Franco gives an excellent performance as a perpetually stoned drug dealer.

Tropic Thunder - The funniest movie of the year. Maybe the funniest movie in the history of the universe. Another stellar performance from RDJ, but also good performances from Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and even Tom Cruise. Matthew McConaughey was the weakest link in the acting chain, though.

Hamlet 2 - What a disappointment. The trailer looked really funny, but it failed to impress. To me, the movie seemed like it didn't know what it wanted to be. In one breath, it was a lame cookie-cutter comedy about inner-city kids discovering art through their goofball teacher. In the next, it was a borderline-surreal comedy about something so outrageous and ridiculous that it had to be funny. Steve Coogan was ok but I thought the movie was too conflicted to be good. Plus it watched like an eight-year-old edited it.

Burn After Reading - The Coen brothers' latest movie was not their best. It seemed like a modern version of the Big Lebowski except, instead of goofballs in a noir crime story, it was goofballs in a spy thriller. It was funny, I enjoyed it, but I didn't think it was a grand masterpiece that I'd almost been spoiled into thinking they could pull off no problem. The movie started slowly but really came together halfway through, during one memorable moment which I will not spoil. The movie also had solid performances from all the actors, which is to be expected from a Coen movie, and it really helped out a somewhat-lacklustre script.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - It was a solid date movie, but beyond that, there was nothing to it.

Pride and Glory - A movie filled with stand-out actors, it took so long to engage you with its story, and then failed to deliver. It was just stupid, and there was a fight scene between Edward Norton and Colin Farrell that was just...holy fuck. It was a bad movie with a sad & stupid ending.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno - I was let down. It was really funny, but it wasn't Smith. Or maybe it was, and it had just been so long since he'd done anything new that what was once his style has now been co-opted, and done better, by guys like Judd Apatow. Coincidentally, it's full of stars from those movies and if you didn't know any better, you'd think it was just another of their pack of films. Like I said, it WAS funny. I just wanted more from it.

Twilight - Holy fuck. What a piece of shit.


Well, I think that might be it for me at the cinemas this year...although there are still a few movies I'd like to see, like Milk and Frost/Nixon. Maybe these entries will be expanded in the future. Who knows? It was a long, full year in terms of movies and probably not going to be repeated soon. Although Transformers 2 AND G.I. Joe come out next year...